On the eve of Saturday's 7:05 p.m. home opener at Harbor Park against Durham, the Tides ran their winning streak to four by defeating the Bulls 9-4. That completed a three-game sweep in North Carolina for the Baltimore Orioles' top farm club.

The Tides trailed 3-1 entering the seventh inning before rallying for four runs to take the lead. Parmelee knotted the score at 3 with a two-run single, and Christian Walker followed with an RBI single before a sacrifice fly by Steve Clevenger gave Norfolk a 5-3 advantage.

Norfolk extended its lead with four more runs in the ninth. Clevenger, Jayson Nix, Michael Almanzar and Paul Janish drove in those runs.

Parmelee is hitting .417 with one home run and 12 RBI in nine games.

Pedro Beato (1-0) earned the win by allowing one run over two innings of relief. Norfolk's Zach Davies, who was making his second Triple-A start, allowed two runs on on five hits over four innings of work.

This was the first time the Tides have swept a series of two games or more in Durham since 2008.